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    weird file symbol

    ok, did that, Opened with Notepad and it was just blank. the one displayed is the only one I didn't delete yet. I guess I'll just delete it as nothing abnormal has been happening to my system (yet). thanks for the help
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    weird file symbol

    Yeah, I'm running Zone Alarm Pro, Spybot, and the virus scanner from V com. I recently checked for updates for the v scanner and spybot. Hmmm. I've just never seen those before.
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    weird file symbol

    Anyone seen these? I've noticed them the past couple of days. There were just a few so I deleted them. Scanned them first and it didn't detect any virus. When I checked out the property box it showed them as having no size. Haven't got a clue. Here is a .gif snapshot I made of one.
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    Where to begin?

    thanks for the info. so it would be best to create a partition for each OS and another for all the other files. would you recommend installing Linux on a different HDD altogether or would that make any difference?
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    Where to begin?

    Thanks, I'll give that a try. Is that pretty common? Different brands of memory don't work that well together?
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    Where to begin?

    Hello all, (my first build) is this is the right area to post? hopefully there is some out there who has had the same problems I'm having right now. Except for the monitor, floppy, and case I've upgraded all the hardware in my system (4 yr. old Cybermax). The old WD 13 gig HDD died so I had...
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